The Chicago Med planted spinoff is being conceived and written by Dick Wolf, whose company Wolf Films produces the Chicago Fire/Chicago PD franchise, and the franchise’s Matt Olmstead, Derek Haas and Michael Brandt. The Universal TV-produced project reunites Platt with Wolf and NBC after toplining the 2000 series Deadline.

In the past several years, The West Wing alum Platt has largely stayed on the cable side with stints on The Big C and Fargo. He will next be seen in an arc on CBS’ The Good Wife. In features, Platt, repped by WME, is finishing the untitled Howard Hughes film for Warren Beatty and will appear in Miramax’s 9th Life Of Louis Drax.

I’m not a fan of the franchise, but I would be shocked if this didn’t get picked up as a series. PD and Fire are two of NBC’s most successful series going on right now. I’m sure they want to expand on that as much as possible.

dnap • on Feb 24, 2015 10:39 pm

mediocre wolf procedurals are the only thing to survive on NBC. Nothing else can compete with the heavy marketing, manipulation of internet sites to talk down any opposition and plot gimmicks like crossovers and rape melodrama stories that keep that franchise going.
NBC has nothing else so has nothing else to renew.

Azrielen • on Feb 24, 2015 12:05 am

Not being a huge fan of the other shows, I was going to give this a pass, but this cast keeps getting better and better. Platt makes is a must-watch for me!